most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in a game in 9 innings

Kerry Wood has fanned the most hitters by a rookie in a game with 9.0+ innings pitched, with 20 strikeouts versus the Astros on May 6, 1998.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in a regular-season game in 9 or more innings
NAME SO IP DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
20
9.0
5/6/1998
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
2 Bill Gullickson
B. Gullickson
18
9.0
9/10/1980
MON MON
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
4
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
33
1
3 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
18
24.0
9/1/1906
PHA PHA
@
BSA BSA
W
1
1
0
0
15
1
0
6
1
0
89
0
4 Bob Feller
B. Feller
17
9.0
9/13/1936
CLE CLE
vs
PHA PHA
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
2
2
2
0
9
1
0
39
1
5 Jack Pfiester
J. Pfiester
17
15.0
5/30/1906
CHC CHC
vs
SLN SLN
L
1
1
0
0
12
4
0
2
0
0
57
0
6 Jon Gray
J. Gray
16
9.0
9/17/2016
COL COL
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
0
7 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
16
9.0
9/12/1984
NYM NYM
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
8 Herb Score
H. Score
16
9.0
5/1/1955
CLE CLE
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
4
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
34
0
9 Jack Harshman
J. Harshman
16
9.0
7/25/1954
CWS CWS
@
BOS BOS
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
5
2
2
0
5
0
0
1
36
0
10 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
15
9.0
8/21/1984
BOS BOS
vs
KCR KCR
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
7
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
33
0
11 Jim Bibby
J. Bibby
15
10.2
8/30/1973
TEX TEX
vs
MIN MIN
L
1
4.22
0
0
0
7
5
5
0
6
0
0
0
44
0
12 Burt Hooton
B. Hooton
15
9.0
9/15/1971
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
3
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
32
0
13 J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
15
9.0
9/5/1971
HOU HOU
@
SFG SFG
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
7
2
3
0
3
0
0
0
38
0
14 Mike Wegener
M. Wegener
15
11.0
9/10/1969
MON MON
@
NYM NYM
1
0.00
0
0
0
5
0
2
0
7
0
0
1
45
0
15 Don Wilson
D. Wilson
15
9.0
6/18/1967
HOU HOU
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
30
0
16 Dick Drott
D. Drott
15
9.0
5/26/1957
CHC CHC
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
4.00
1
0
0
7
4
5
2
1
0
0
0
37
0
17 Karl Spooner
K. Spooner
15
9.0
9/22/1954
BKN BKN
vs
NYG NYG
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
34
0
18 Bob Feller
B. Feller
15
9.0
8/23/1936
CLE CLE
vs
SLA SLA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
6
1
1
0
4
0
0
37
1
19 Fred Glade
F. Glade
15
9.0
7/15/1904
SLA SLA
@
WSH WSH
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
7
1
2
0
0
2
0
39
0
20 Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
15
13.2
7/31/1901
CHO CHO
@
CIN CIN
L
1
3.29
1
0
0
13
5
5
0
6
0
0
58
1
21 John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
14
9.0
8/27/1975
SFG SFG
vs
MON MON
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
7
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
36
0
22 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
14
9.0
5/14/1968
NYM NYM
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
4
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
34
1
23 Bill Singer
B. Singer
14
9.0
6/20/1967
LAD LAD
vs
ATL ATL
1
2.00
0
0
0
4
2
2
0
3
1
0
0
34
0
24 Ron Herbel
R. Herbel
14
9.0
6/24/1964
SFG SFG
@
CIN CIN
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
7
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
37
0
25 Dick Drott
D. Drott
14
9.0
7/23/1957
CHC CHC
vs
NYG NYG
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for innings pitched and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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5/17
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5/17
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